Stephen Gilbert wrote: Several new approaches, some sweeping and some more incremental, have been proposed to help slow down or cool off controversy that appears to have gotten too heated. Perhaps new approaches could be tested on these few policy pages to see if they are helpful in allowing the community at large (occasional contributors as well as mailing list regulars) to reach a broad consensus on incremental policy or presentation changes. Regards, Mike Irwin

Stephen Gilbert wrote: The OBVIOUS reason behind it is that these are basic help-type pages that a newbie has no reason to need or want to change. If they have something to say they can do it on the related talk page. It just simplifies things a bit to have them protected... and it's not like there are any shortage of sysops around to make any necessary changes, especially since anyone who REALLY wants to be one just has to ask and they can be a sysop too. -- Karen AKA Kajikit And on the seventh day, God said 'What my world needs is a creature that will truly appreciate it in all its facets' - and so He made the kitten. Come and visit my part of the web: Kajikit's Corner: http://Kajikit.netfirms.com/ Aussie Support Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieSupport Allergyfree Eating Recipe Swap: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Allergyfree_Eating Ample Aussies Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ampleaussies/ Love and huggles to all!